In partnership with the Saltire Society, Luminate is delighted to offer one bursary of £2,000 to support an emerging artist aged 50 or over in the early development of a new creative idea.

Applications can come from all artforms but artists must be resident in Scotland.

Bursaries might support time in a studio and materials to create new work, a residency to afford the time and space to work on a new project, or collaboration with a dramaturg, choreographer and/or performers to workshop a new piece.

However, these are only examples.

This is an opportunity for older artists to define their own creative needs, and be supported to meet them.

Eligibility

The bursaries are open to artists aged 50 or over who have recently embarked on a new artistic career, including those who have trained at a young age and have returned to their practice later in life, those who have worked in the arts in different capacities and are now changing direction, and those who have come new to their artform in their later years.

Applicants must be resident in Scotland, though funded activity can take place anywhere.

Application process

Please download the brief from the Luminate website and tell us:

– Your name, postal address, email address and telephone number

– Your age

– How you would describe your arts practice and your career to date, in no more than 250 words

– Your proposal for your bursary in no more than 400 words, including any key dates and an outline of how you would spend the funds

– What impact you think the bursary will have on your practice, in no more than 250 words

– An example of your work, either as a link to an online video or portfolio, a professional review, or a PDF of no more than 5 pages

Please email your application to us at events@luminatescotland.org, or post it to us at: Luminate, First Floor, Causewayside House, 160 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PR.

All applications must be received by 12pm on Monday 26th November, and applicants will be notified of the result of their application by early January at the latest.

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